Districts compared

Sunsari vs Taplejung

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 806,372 more people.

	Sunsari	Taplejung
Population (2021)	926,962	120,590
Area	1,257 km²	3,646 km²
Density	737/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	101.6
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Phungling
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	12	9

Sunsari

Dharan, Itahari and the Koshi Tappu wetlands at eastern Nepal's crossroads

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Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Questions

Sunsari vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Taplejung?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Sunsari has 806,372 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Taplejung?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 2,389 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Taplejung?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Taplejung districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Taplejung's is Phungling. Both districts are in Koshi Province.

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Sources & data note

All population, household, density, sex-ratio and growth figures are from the National Population and Housing Census 2021 (NSO National Report, Table 15; census reference date 25 November 2021), with 2011 comparisons from the 2011 census recalculated to current boundaries for the four districts split in 2017. Areas are the official statistical areas used by NSO/CBS, the 77 districts sum to exactly 147,181 km², not GIS polygon areas; where Wikipedia's list page prints conflicting areas for the four split districts (Nawalpur, Nawalparasi West, Rukum East, Rukum West), the NSO-consistent figures are used. Literacy rates are computed from NSO Table 24 raw counts (population aged 5+ who can read and write); the computed national aggregate, 76.25%, matches NSO's published 76.2%. Headquarters coordinates are approximate map-pin locations (±2–5 km), not surveyed points.